From: slateny <46876382+slateny@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 May 2022 04:05:20 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: gh-81488: Add recursive wording for issubclass docs (#92087)
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gh-81488: Add recursive wording for issubclass docs (#92087)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 394281462ded..cb8629689708 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -917,7 +917,8 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
    Return ``True`` if *class* is a subclass (direct, indirect, or :term:`virtual
    <abstract base class>`) of *classinfo*.  A
    class is considered a subclass of itself. *classinfo* may be a tuple of class
-   objects or a :ref:`types-union`, in which case return ``True`` if *class* is a
+   objects (or recursively, other such tuples)
+   or a :ref:`types-union`, in which case return ``True`` if *class* is a
    subclass of any entry in *classinfo*.  In any other case, a :exc:`TypeError`
    exception is raised.